To honour Kathy, Janine, and Grant, our Excellence Assembly on Friday 12 September will be dedicated to them. We warmly invite our school community to join us at the earlier time of 1.45pm. Following the assembly, there will be a special afternoon tea in the staffroom (for adults only), where you are welcome to come and wish our outgoing Board members well.

New Time 1.45pm

We will also be presenting our Excellence Awards. Excellence Awards recognise those children who have attained a standard of academic, sporting or  cultural excellence in some aspect of their schooling.

Only one child is awarded an excellence award in each class per term.

Rooms 26 and 27 visit the Maritime Museum on Wednesday 10 September as part of their inquiry.

Parents are welcome at this assembly on Friday 5 September at 2.15 pm.

Students in the gymnastics club compete at the Auckland Primary Gymnastics competition at Tri Star Gymnastics on Thursday 4 September.

Terehu visit Dingle Dell on Thursday 4 September to study bugs as part of their inquiry.

Rooms 24 and 16 visit the Maritime Museum on Tuesday 2 September as part of their inquiry.

For the first time ever Popokanua (Year 2 and 3) will be having their own cross country event at the school. Exciting obstacles have been planned for the event, Parents are welcome to come along to watch their children run.

Bring a gold coin for the Cancer Society (or pay on Kindo) and wear yellow instead of your uniform on Friday 29 August.

On Friday 29 August St Heliers School is marking Daffodil Day with a ‘Be Yourself Day in Yellow’. Leave your uniform at home and dress in as much yellow as you can. Bring a gold coin and we will donate this to the caner Society. The Cancer Society helps the 1 in 3 New Zealanders who will be affected by cancer in their lifetime.

Parents are welcome to our first merit assembly of the year on Friday 6 June at 2 pm.

There are 5 Year 7 and 8 students who qualified in the Eastern Zone Cross Country to go on and compete in the Auckland Championships Cross Country in Pukekohe on Friday 22 August.

The last Board meeting for the current Board is on Thursday 21 August.

Come along to our Open Morning for those parents who are living outside the school zone but wish to enrol their students in 2026. We will begin at 9.15 am in the school hall with a talk from the Senior Leadership Team followed by a tour of the school. This will conclude at 10.40 am.

Year 7 and 8 Girls basketball team competes at the Eastern Zone Tournament at Barfoot and Thompson Stadium in Kohimarama on Tuesday 19 August.

Parents are invited to our Whole School Citizenship Assembly on Friday 15 August at 2pm.

Citizenship Awards recognise those children who consistently uphold our school values and consistently display citizenship qualities.

Citizenship Qualities:

Friendly and helpful towards other people

Generous with your time and talents for the good of others without thought of personal reward

Sympathetic towards those in distress, the weak and the needy

Only one child is awarded an excellence award in each class per term.

Year 7 and 8 Boys basketball team competes at the Eastern Zone Tournament at Barfoot and Thompson Stadium in Kohimarama on Thursday 14 August.

For Maths Week parents are invited into their children’s classrooms on Tuesday 13 August between 9 am and 9.30 am to view the beginning of the maths morning programme.

Congratulations on the children’s top 8 placing at last week’s School Cross Country. They have now been selected to represent St Heliers School at Eastern Zone Cross Country.

This is an individual and team event. ALL student placings are recorded for individual results as well as to tally points for team results. The top six placings contribute to the overall school team placing for each race. All runners should therefore strive for their best performance to help teammates achieve an optimal score.

Parents are welcome at this assembly on Friday 8 August at 2.15 pm.

Year 4 to 8 children take part in the School Cross Country Competition on Thursday 31 July at Churchill Park Reserve.

Children run in their sports uniform and something in their house colours.

Please note that race times are approximate and races may start earlier or later than scheduled.

Save day 31 July

This programme is run in New Zealand Schools in association with the NZ Police. This programme runs throughout our school every two years and this year it will be in Term 3. Constable Gordon, out local community constable, along with our staff will talk about the programme to parents and caregivers on Monday 28 July at 6pm in the staffroom.

Keeping Ourselves Safe is a comprehensive child abuse prevention programme for schools. Its purpose is to:

• teach students a range of safe practices that they can use when interacting with other people, both online and face to face

• teach students how to recognise the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, and encourage students who have been or are being abused to seek help

• prevent abuse by making parents and teachers more aware of their responsibilities to help students avoid abuse.

Year 4 to 8 students competing on Monday 28 July at the Eastern Suburbs Gymnastics Club.

Help raise money for Cure Kids. Wear something red with your uniform and bring a gold coin. The student leaders will be selling red merchandise during the week.

The next Board meeting is on Thursday 23 July.

All class, individual and Student Leader Photos will be on Wednesday 23 July. Catch Ups and siblings on 25 July.

Year 7 and 8 students competing on Tuesday 22 July at the Eastern Suburbs Gymnastics Club.